Mechanical musical instrument.



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MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. `APLlosrIoN FILED 0012s, 1902.

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PATENTED JAN. 24, 1005.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 3| 1902.

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@ @malaga PATENTED JAN. 24, 1905.

E. P. RIESSNER. MEGHANIGAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 3. 1902.

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No. 780,730. i PATBNTBD JAN. 24, 1905.

E. P. RIESSNER. l MEGIIANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.

APPLIOATION FILED 00T.3.1902.

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TATENTEE JAN. 2A, 1905.

No. l780,730.

E. E. ETESSNEE. MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.

APPLIOATION FILED 0012.3- 1902.

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No. 780,730. PATENTED JAN. 24, 1905.

E. P. RIESSNER. I MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.

APPLIGATION FILED 00T. 3. 1902.

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'Eatented January' 2s", 1.965.

ERNST PAUL RIESSNER, @F

lf'iAHRFlN, GERMANY.

:MECHANIGAL it SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 780,730, dated January 24, 1995.

Application filed Gotober 3, 1902. Serial No. 125,740.

To all whom, t may concern:

le it known that l, ERNST RAUL ltinssnnn, a subject of the King oi' Frussia, Emperor of Germany, residing at 'l/Vahren, near Leipsic, Kingdom of Saxony, Germany, have invented anew and useful improvement in Mechanical Musical instruments, ofwhich the following is a clear and full specification.

The object of the present invention is to provide means for converting an ordinary mcchanical musical instrument operated by a note sheet or disk into a gramophone or phonograph, or vice versa, at will and without materially altering the mechanism of either of thc instruments. in order to attain this object, it is only necessary to provide means for increasing the speed of aspindle adapted to carry the roll ordisk for actuating the gramophone or phonograph to the necessary extent from the driving mechanism oi' the disk-carrying' spindle or sheet-moving spindle oiI the mechanical musical instrument. This may be accomplished in a variety of ways, as hereinafter set forth.

ln order to render the present specification easily intelligible, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals of reference denote similar parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a plan, and Fig. 2 an elevation, of one form of embodiment of the invention. Figs. 3 and 4 are similar views of a modified form ol the same. Figs. 5 and 6 are similar views oi' a further modification; Figs. 7 and 8, similar views of yet another modiication; and Figs. 9, 10, 11, and 12 similar views, respectively, of two further modifications.

Referring lirst to Figs. 1 and 2, the drum 1 of the clockwork oi' the mechanical musical instrument drives the central spindle of the note-disk 8 in the ordinary manner. In prox imity to the teeth of the said drum l a vertical shaft 2 is mounted, carrying a pinion 3, which engages with the teeth of the said drum. At the lower end of the spindle 2 a gear 4 is keyed tothe same, which meshes with a pinion 6, mounted on a second vertical spindle 5, so that this spindle will be driven' by the clockwork of the music-works at a much higher speed than that of the note-disk spindle. The

in the slot 12 oi' the said spindle.

spindle 5 is prolonged upwardly through. the supporting-plate 7 orF the musical works and provided the top with a vertical incision or slot 12. rl`he groeved disk for the gramophone or phonograph is provided with a downwardly-extending stem 9, iiollowed out 'te lit over the top oi" the spindle 5 and provided with a transverse pin 11, adapted to lit the incision or slot l2 ot' the said spindle 5 and engage therewith, so as to couple the said grooved disk 10 ot' the gramophone to the said spindle 5. tfhen the note-disk 8 of the music-works is in position on its central spindle 8@ it will lie in a plane above the top of the spindle 5, (the gramophone-disk 10 having been previously removed lrom the latter,) and the musical works will operate in the ordinary manner, the series oi note-producing instrumentalities 8 coperating with the note-disk 8, as usual. When it is required to put the phonograph into operation, the note-disk 8 must iirst be removed and the grooved disk 1() placed with its sleeve l over the top of the spindle 5 and its pin l1 An arm 13 is screwed to the plate and serves to carry the funnel 15 of the gramophone or phonograph, and with same, so that when these parts are placed in position on. the arm 13 and the disk 10 on the spindle 5 the clockwork of the musical instrument may be used as a gramophone or phonograph. 8 is removed.

ln the device shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the grooved disk 10 is driven from the central spindle 16 of the clockwork by means of a sleeve 17, carrying a gear 18, which meshes with a pinion 19, mounted on the plate 7 and in engagement with the large gear 20 of the drum-housing 1. r1`he sleeve 17carries at the top a liange 21, having .two or more recesses at the point 22, into which downwardly-ex'- tending pins 23 ol' a collar 24 engage and thus couple the said collar to the said sleeve 17. The collar is provided at the top with a larger liange having two or more pins 25 therein, which engage corresponding recesses at the point 26 ol a flange 27 at the under side of the grooved disk oi' the phonograph, so that, as will be readily understood, when this disk 1l) it the membrane 14 of the;

During this time the note-disk lOO tion will be obvious without further explana- -brane 15 and 1a of the phonograph, may be 'is connected tothe motor-gear 1.

is in position on the collar 2t it will be driven by the sleeve 17 at the higher speed hecessary 'for this apparatus, while when the apparatus is used as a musical instrument the disk 10 is removed, the collar 24s turned upside down with the larger llange downward, so that the pins of the same will be out ot range ot the recesses ot the vflange 21 of the sleeve 17, while the pins of the top smaller Harige serve to attach the note-disk, and the collar is locked to the spindle 16 by means of the set-screw 23, so that the note-disk 3 will nowbe driven by the said spindle ot' the musical works at the slower speed necessary forI the purpose. The arm 13 is in this case also lined to the plate 7. 'While the instrument is being used as a phonograph the guide-arm for the note-disk is thrown back, as at lln the modification shown in Figs. 5 and 5 `the note-disk of the musical instrument is turned by means el3 the pin-wheel 29, and in order to attain the increased speed necessary for the phonograph-disk 10 a spindle 31 is provided near the pivot of the guide-arm 3a, but in its bearing-block 33, said vertical spindle 31 carrying a small bevel gear 32, which meshes with a larger bevel-gear 30, fast on the pin-wheel Q9. The spindle 31 is squared at the top and carries the grooved disk 1() oi` the phonograph, which lits on the same with its socket. rlhe operation ot" this modilication.

In the modication shown in Figs. A7 and 3 the arm 13, carrying the funnel and memclamped to the side of the casing ol' the musical works, and the said clamp 33 carries a spindle to receive the disk 10 and a cord-disk 37, which latter is driven at the increased speed from the larger cord-disk 36, having a coupling 35, by means of which it may be coupled to the driving-spindle of the clockwork oie the musical works. lin this case the phonograph when not in use may be entirely removed from the musical works.

ln the device shown in Figs 9 and 10 the spindle `39 carries a gear 39 for driving the music disk or record 3. The spindle a() carries a gear 40a for driving the disk or record 10 ot the phonograph. A sliding arm or bar t3 is as in other views.

4mechanisms to be connected mounted upon the frame or housing oi" the instrument, and at its outer .end is provided with a handle. its inner end said slide is branched and upon the branches carries two gears l1 and l2 within the housing. According to the position of the said slide l1-3, either ,1 the music-spindle or the phonograph-spindle" lfthe slide is thrust in, as illustrated at Fig. 9, the gear 2y/ill connect the musical-disk-driving gear 39fL to the clockwork-that is, to the motor-r, gear. lf said slide is pulled out, said gear l2 l is withdrawn 'from' the driving-gear 39, while the gear all is caused to connect the gear 40 re-aree on the spindle l0 to the gear 40 ot' higher speed fordriving the disk or record of the phonograph. lit will be seen that the gear L10" .is-provided with a pinion 40', which meshes with the motor-gear 1. llt will also be observed that the gear l1 is constantly in mesh with a gear 40", but may be thrown into or out of mesh with the pinion 40 by pulling out or thrusting in the slide a3. llt will be seen that this form ot' the'invention requires no removable parts, but may at any time act as a phonograph or as a mechanical musical instrument, according to the adjustment ol' the slide 43. lt will be undertood., however, that the -funnel and the record or record-carrier of the phonograph .mechanism may be made detachable,

ligs. 11 and 12 illustrate a device for driving a phonograph roller record, as 50, instead of a disk record. This roller 50 is mounted on a cylinder or arbor 51, carried in a suitable bearing 4-9, which may be slid into a dovetail groove 48 at the side ot the casing. The cylinder and roller are rotated by means ot' a pulley which is driven by a cord from the regulating-spindle of the clockwork of the instrument. rlhe spindle 45, which is the wormspindle of the regulating-fan la of the clockwork, has the required speed for thephonograph-roller, and this spindle is prolonged in the present case upwardly through the plate 7 and'providedy at the top with a cone 46, upon which a bell-shaped cap 46 is fitted, carrying a pulley 47. rlhis pulley 4:7 is connected by a drivingcord to the pulley of the roller 50 and drives the same. ln putting the phonograph into operation the note-disk must first be removed. l rllhe arm 13 in this case may be supported by a suitable clamping mechanism, as at 52.

l claim'as my invention- 1. An instrument having music-playing mechanism, phonographic mechanism, a single clockwork for driving both or' said mechanisms, and means for enabling either ot' said to or disconnected from .said clockwork at will; said connecting and disconnecting means including a coupler mounted within the instrument and provided with two coupling-gears both movable into and out of effective position; one oi said coupling-gears when in use forming part ol the phonographic mechanism, the other ot' said coupling-gears when in use forming a part of the music-playing mechanism.

2. rllhe combination with a mechanical musical instrument, includingI clockwork and a note-disk rotated, thereby, and also including a series of note-producing instrumentalitics mounted `for cooperation with the note-disk, of a graphophone mounted upon said instrument, said graphophone including a spindle Vfor carrying the record and also including a membrane, as 14C, for cooperation with the record, movement-multiplying gearing for -is driven, and shiftable means for coupling said clockwork either to the note-disk or to said spindle at will; said coupling means being mounted between'-said clockwork and said movement-multiplying gearing.

3. The combination with a mechanical musical instrument, including clockwork and a note-disk rotated thereby, and also including a series of note-producing instrumentalities mounted for cooperation with the noteedisk, of a graphophone mounted upon said instrument, said graphophone including a spindle for carrying the record and also including a membrane, as 14, for-coperation with the record, movement-multiplying gearing for driving said spindle from said clockwork ata f speed greater than that at Which the notedisk is driven, and shiftable means for.coup ling said clockwork either to the note-disk or the said spindle at will; said coupling means being mounted between said clockwork and said` movement-multiplying gearing; said coupling means including a slide and a pair of gears upon said slide; said slide being mounted for movement to bring either one or the other of said gears into position to couple either the note-disk or the phonographrecord spindle to said clockwork.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two Witnesses.

ERNST PAUL RIESSNER. Wi tnesses':

MORITZ SPREER, RUDOLPH FRICKE. 

